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Workers Revolutionary Party Poor South Africans were looting food during the recent uprising SAFTU (South African Federation of Trade Unions) has acknowledged mass unemployment and poverty precipitated the continuing uprising in the country. In a statement last Friday, SAFTU ‘noted the form and character of the ongoing looting of shops, retailers, wholesalers and cargo containers.’ It continued: ‘Having begun as a demonstration demanding the release of former president, Jacob Zuma, the protests have three characteristics: the poor appropriating food, furniture and other goods; opportunistic thuggery by those who are well off and drive to warehouses with bakkies; and the criminal elements pursuing burning and destruction of infrastructure.

South africaUnited statesFrance generalEastern capeSouth africansSouth africanNelson rolihlahla mandelaMadiba mandelaKhetha sitholeJacob zumaAfrican national congressAfrican federation of trade unionsAfrican policing unionPolice nationalSizwe pamla cosatu national spokespersonPoor south africans